Specialisms

Summary

Research focuses on the evolutionary history of arthropods, animal diversification during the Cambrian explosion, and the systematics of Chilopoda (centipedes). I am interested in the integration of morphological data for extant animals, information from exceptionally preserved fossils, and molecular data.

Campbell LI, Rota-stabelli O, Edgecombe GD, Marchioro T, Longhorn SJ, et al. (2011) MicroRNAs and phylogenomics resolve the relationships of Tardigrada and suggest that velvet worms are the sister group of Arthropoda. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (38) : 15920 - 15924. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1105499108

Grants

Exploring the relationship between molecular and morphology-based taxonomy of centipedes in a biodiversity hotspot: a case study of the genus Digitipes in the Western Ghats, IndiaPrincipal investigator: Edgecombe Funding: Royal SocietyTotal value &pound5,966 (to Museum &pound5,966)

Simaiakis SM, Edgecombe GD (2013) Scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) in the Natural History Museum (London): A review of the hitherto unidentified species collected in Africa, with remarks on taxonomy and distribution, and a new species of Otostigmus (Parotostigmus). Zootaxa, 3734 : 169 - 198.

Edgecombe GD (2008) The place of arthropods in the Tree of Life: evidence from molecules, morphology and fossils. International Symposium Advances in Crustacean Phylogenetics, Rostock, Germany. Abstracts

Edgecombe GD, Giribet M (2008) A century plus year later and another round of scutigeromorph phylogeny, focusing on higher-level systematics and the use of molecular data for addressing species problems. 14th International Congress of Myriapodology. Abstracts. Peckiana6 :

Edgecombe GD (2004) A new species of the henicopid centipede Dichelobius (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from southeastern Australia and Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 125 : 189 - 203.

Hollington LM, Edgecombe GD (2004) Two new species of the henicopid centipede Henicops (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from Queensland and Victoria, with revision of species from Western Australia and a synoptic classification of Henicopidae. Records of the Australian Museum, 56 : 1 - 28.

Edgecombe GD, Chatterton BDE (1990) Systematics of Encrinuroides and Curriella (Trilobita), with a new Early Silurian encrinurine from the Mackenzie Mountains. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 27 : 820 - 833.

Summary

Research focuses on the evolutionary history of arthropods, animal diversification during the Cambrian explosion, and the systematics of Chilopoda (centipedes). I am interested in the integration of morphological data for extant animals, information from exceptionally preserved fossils, and molecular data.

Campbell LI, Rota-stabelli O, Edgecombe GD, Marchioro T, Longhorn SJ, et al. (2011) MicroRNAs and phylogenomics resolve the relationships of Tardigrada and suggest that velvet worms are the sister group of Arthropoda. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (38) : 15920 - 15924. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1105499108

Grants

Exploring the relationship between molecular and morphology-based taxonomy of centipedes in a biodiversity hotspot: a case study of the genus Digitipes in the Western Ghats, IndiaPrincipal investigator: Edgecombe Funding: Royal SocietyTotal value &pound5,966 (to Museum &pound5,966)

Simaiakis SM, Edgecombe GD (2013) Scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) in the Natural History Museum (London): A review of the hitherto unidentified species collected in Africa, with remarks on taxonomy and distribution, and a new species of Otostigmus (Parotostigmus). Zootaxa, 3734 : 169 - 198.

Edgecombe GD (2008) The place of arthropods in the Tree of Life: evidence from molecules, morphology and fossils. International Symposium Advances in Crustacean Phylogenetics, Rostock, Germany. Abstracts

Edgecombe GD, Giribet M (2008) A century plus year later and another round of scutigeromorph phylogeny, focusing on higher-level systematics and the use of molecular data for addressing species problems. 14th International Congress of Myriapodology. Abstracts. Peckiana6 :

Edgecombe GD (2004) A new species of the henicopid centipede Dichelobius (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from southeastern Australia and Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 125 : 189 - 203.

Hollington LM, Edgecombe GD (2004) Two new species of the henicopid centipede Henicops (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from Queensland and Victoria, with revision of species from Western Australia and a synoptic classification of Henicopidae. Records of the Australian Museum, 56 : 1 - 28.

Edgecombe GD, Chatterton BDE (1990) Systematics of Encrinuroides and Curriella (Trilobita), with a new Early Silurian encrinurine from the Mackenzie Mountains. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 27 : 820 - 833.